Art Work Concepts

CoolingMan works to bring the creative and persuasive powers of the artistic community to bear on the challenge of climate change by providing ideas and funding for artworks exploring climate-related themes (at Burning Man or elsewhere).

OneWatt

CoolingMan is seeking artists to manifest 'OneWatt' at Burning Man 2007.   Limited grant funding is available to support this work.

Currently, historic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have resulted in a one Watt per square meter increase in the amount of heat trapped by the Earth's atmosphere. OneWatt will demonstrate this effect.
The vision is a grid of 1W light bulbs on the ground, spaced 1 meter apart. Viewers would physically experience climate change effects by seeing and touching the bulbs. Specifics on how to execute this project are up to the artists.

Note: OneWatt is based on idea for visualization developed by James Hansen of NASA.